Dysphonia

Chang has Muscle Tension Dysphonia. According to Colton, Casper and Leonard, Muscle Tension Dysphonia is a type of “functional” dysphonia that refers to “…voice disorders of supposed psychological origin, with no actual tissue pathology” (2011, p. 83). This disorder often results as a response to the way a patient is handling stress and how they are using his or her voice. Muscle Tension Dysphonia may manifest itself through a variety of symptoms including a…

Nasal resonance and airflow can also be impacted by cleft lip and/or palate. The abnormal nasal resonance and airflow cause hypernasal and hyponasal speech. Hypernasal speech occurs when there is too much airflow coming through the nasal cavity making sounds more breathy. Hyponasal speech occurs when too little airflow comes through the nasal cavity making the sounds sound as if the child has a plugged nose (Nagarajan, Savitha, & Subramaniyan, 2009). Velopharyngeal dysfunction is the…

Voice Evaluation Identifying Information The patient is a 60-year-old, male, high school sociology teacher with a 14-month history of progressive dysphonia. The patient was diagnosed with a large substernal thyroid by a laryngologist and underwent thyroidectomy surgery 7 months ago. The patient notes that voice problems have persisted for about a year. The patient reports that prior to the thyroid surgery, his voice problems were more severe than his current voice quality. Immediately after…

Critical Thinking Assignment 1 Caryn Bartholomew Topic: Effectiveness of Laryngeal Microsurgery and Voice Therapy to Treat Vocal Nodules in Singers Counterargument: Burns, J. A., Hillman, R. E., Stadelman-Cohen, T., & Zeitels, S. M. (2009). Phonomicrosurgical treatment of intracordal vocal fold cysts in singers. Laryngoscope, 119(2), 419-422. doi: 10.1002/lary.20001 Burns and colleagues (2009) studied the use of phonomicrosurgery in ten singers who presented with intercordal vocal fold cysts.…

Lessac-Madson Resonant Voice Therapy The Purpose of Resonant Voice Therapy Resonant Voice Therapy (RVT) was developed by Arthur Lessac and Katherine Verdolini in the 1970s and is a Holistic Approach. According to Stemple, Roy and Klaben (2014), the purpose of the study is to achieve a strong and clean voice with the least amount of effort and the impact between the vocal folds. This helps minimize the amount of injury and continues maintain the health of the vocal folds. RVT involves oral…

Thank you for involving me in the care of Silvana Libratore, a 67-year-old lady who is a lifelong non-smoker and has previously worked in an office environment. Silvana keeps no pets. As you are aware, Silvana was initially admitted to The Northern Hospital between the 23rd and 28th of July following a two-week history of cough and breathlessness. A chest x-ray followed by a CTPA study were unremarkable and inflammatory markers were normal. A provisional diagnosis of viral bronchitis…

amoxicillin and on review today is feeling much improved with regards to cough. His exertion dyspnoea however remains largely unchanged. On further questioning, Mario is also reporting occasional laryngeal symptoms in the form of throat tightness and dysphonia, but is note clearly reporting this to be an exertion symptoms.…

Annotated Bibliography Ashley Raybon & Regine Yaites COMP 357 Abilene Christian University Annotated Bibliography Question: How do hormones affect the voice? Amir, O., Kishon-Rabin, L., & Muchnik, C. (2002). The effect of oral contraceptives on voice. Journal of Voice, 16(2), 267-273. doi: 10.1016/s0892-1997(02)00096-6 A group of ten women were evaluated in this study. They were divided into two groups, five who use birth control pills and five who do not use birth control pills. The…

This study used objective data to answer three questions concerning voice changes of people who have had a thyroidectomy. There were 2 speech pathologists that performed a pre and post-surgery voice assessment using the voice index disorder and the dysphonia severity index. The diameter of the laryngeal nerve was measured intraoperatively at the end of the surgery. 2. Where does your study fall on the levels of evidence hierarchy? Explain. This study is a level IV on the evidence…

Neuropsychological Disorder Impairments Neuropsychological disorders are defined as cerebral dysfunctions that are physical and are usually manifested by alterations of judgment, cognition, memory, psychophysiology, perception, behavior, and or mood. These kind of disorders are usually accompanied by persistent motor function disorganization through exhibition of tremors or other involuntary movements, paralysis, sensory disturbances and ataxia. The behaviors may occur singly or in combinations…